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JUNE 1, 2011

For today's interview, we spoke with Clark Benson , CEO and Founder of Ranker (www.ranker.com), on how the firm is looking to harness that same force to power its own startup, which offers up a way for users to create their own ranked lists of pretty much anything. Clark Benson: Ranker has two layers.

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JUNE 9, 2011

Clark Benson is the Founder and CEO of Ranker.com. Prior to Ranker, Clark founded four other successful companies, including eCrush, which he sold to the Hearst Corporation in 2007. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Clark’s responses. 7) Clark, why does the world need Ranker? .

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based ranking and polling website Ranker , the startup led by Clark Benson and backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective, TenOneTen Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, and Pasadena Angels, said today that it hit 11.5 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The company did not release any actual financials behind the growth. The company led by CEO Clark Benson, says the company now has a "healthy 8-figure" in revenues. The company says it has more than 35 million monthly unique visitors, who go to the site for its opinion-based, crowdsourced rankings of everything.

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MAY 27, 2014

The company--which is led by Clark Benson--said the new widget lets site owners embed interactive polls, lists, and slideshows on their website, whichit says can increase user engagement, times on sites, and comments.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The starup, led by Clark Benson , said the funding came from Lowercase Capital , BullPen Ventures, Data Collective , as well as prior investors Draper Associates , Rincon Venture Partners , Siemer Ventures , TenOneTen, Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Ranker , which is backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Data Collective, Gil Elbaz, Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, has hit 1 million votes on its site in January, the company said last week. The company did not provide exact details on traffic growth. READ MORE>>.

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